page_title: William Bacon Oliver
hierarchical_section_title: William Bacon Oliver
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial view of the William Bacon Oliver Lock and Dam on the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. The river behind the dam is called Oliver Lake. View is downriver to the west. The lock and dam are named for William Bacon Oliver, a former congressman from the State of Alabama.
context_page_description: William Bacon Oliver was a Congressman from Alabama.
  He was born in Eutaw, Alabama, graduated from the University of Alabama in 1887 and from the law department in 1889. After additional courses at the University of Virginia in the same year, he was admitted to the Alabama bar, and set up a practice in Tuscaloosa.
  He became dean of the law school of the University of Alabama in 1909, serving until 1913, then ran successfully for Congress in 1914, and remained there for eleven Congresses, not standing for reelection in 1936.
  He then served as a special assistant to the United States Attorney General from 1939 to 1944, at which time he retired. He died in 1948, and is buried in the Eutaw Cemetery in Eutaw.
  The William Bacon Oliver Lock and Dam on the Black Warrior River in Alabama is named after him, as is Oliver Lake behind the dam.
context_section_description: William Bacon Oliver (May 23, 1867 – May 27, 1948) was a Congressman from Alabama.
  He was born in Eutaw, Alabama, graduated from the University of Alabama in 1887 and from the law department in 1889.  After additional courses at the University of Virginia in the same year, he was admitted to the Alabama bar, and set up a practice in Tuscaloosa.
  He became dean of the law school of the University of Alabama in 1909, serving until 1913, then ran successfully for Congress in 1914, and remained there  for eleven Congresses, not standing for reelection in 1936.
  He then served as a special assistant to the United States Attorney General from 1939 to 1944, at which time he retired.  He died in 1948, and is buried in the Eutaw Cemetery in Eutaw.
  The William Bacon Oliver Lock and Dam on the Black Warrior River in Alabama is named after him, as is Oliver Lake behind the dam.
caption: Oliver Lock and Dam in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; named for the congressman
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